have the data to contribute greatly to help
bridge the knowledge gap.”
Among the fndings, is a call for greater
cross sector collaboration and improved
planning to ‘build the specifc skills and
capacities of humanitarian organisations’ to
better tackle the many challenges that are
arising. You can fnd a link to the briefng at
lancetcountdown.org/the-report.
“Climate Change is real, the impacts of
global warming are real, and as emergencies
become increasingly more complex we are
falling further behind the eight ball. The
reality is that the international
community is not
equipped enough to
manage the growing
humanitarian crisis
globally,” added Dr Guevara. “It is important to
remember that the impact of climate change
is disproportionately afecting the ‘already
vulnerable’. While the resilience of the global
community is important, this will be a longer-
term goal. Today the immediate concern is to
go where the biggest needs are and where
the most vulnerable people need help
now. We need governments to act now,
and enact policies to treat people with
humanity and provide the resources needed
for climate change action that include health
and humanitarian responses.”
Dr. Maria S. Guevara & Dr Rocio Ortego
Acknowledgements:
The MSF brief was written by Bruno Jochum,
Carol Devine, Dr Philippe Calain, Dr Maria
Guevara, Patricia Nayna Schwerdtle, Linn
Biorklund Belliveau, Dr Syed Imran Ali, Léo
L. Tremblay, Dr Lachlan McIver, Ken Xue,
Geza Harczi, Dr Wendy Lai, Sarah Lamb,
Olivia Collet and Dr Simba Tirima, with
contributions by Dr Kiran Jobanputra, Dr
Micaela Serafni and Natasha Reyes, and
critical review provided by Dr James Orbinski.
Contributions and review on behalf of the
Lancet Countdown were provided by Dr
Courtney Howard and Dr Nick Watts.
Go to
msf.org
to learn more about the
issues and fnd out how you
can get involved.